The NIV 365-Day Devotional Reading PlanSample

Abilities and Limitations

*What would happen if you tried to work every hour of every day?

*Share a time when you worked with a group of people who cooperated well together.

These verses explain one of the ways that the believers in Acts organized their efforts. They worked together to form a system. It wasn’t chaotic. They didn’t waste energy, time or resources. They wanted to work efficiently for God.

They recognized their own abilities and their own limitations. They didn’t run around trying to do everything at once. They didn’t try to do more than they could do, and they worked hard at what they could do. As a result, the church grew, and more and more people came to know Jesus.

Believers today also need to share responsibilities. No one can do it all. And everyone should be doing something. We need to prayerfully consider where our abilities best fit into God’s work. We need to ask God to assign us to tasks that will allow us to best serve him. And as a result, the Word of God will spread.

Prayer

Dear God, please help us to know and use the abilities you have given us. Please also help us to know our own limitations. Amen.

Taken from Once a Day At the Table